There is a five-game NBA regular season slate on Thursday, which begins at 7 p.m. ET and has the last tip at 8 p.m. ET. Tyrese Maxey, LeBron James, Anthony Edwards and Scottie Barnes are among the most expensive options in the NBA DFS player pool. Jaylen Brown (illness), Steph Curry (quadriceps) and Luka Doncic (personal) are among those out.

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Before making any NBA DFS picks on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel for this slate, you need to see what Mike McClure has to say.

McClure is a DFS professional with over $2 million in career winnings. He's also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times, taking factors like matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account.

This allows him to find the best NBA DFS values and create optimal lineups that he shares only at SportsLine. They're a must-see for any NBA DFS player.

For Thursday, one of McClure's top NBA DFS picks is Celtics point guard Payton Pritchard at $6,800 on DraftKings and $6,800 on FanDuel. He's also building around Timberwolves center Naz Reid ($5,700 on DraftKings, $5,700 on FanDuel), who is coming off an 18-point performance on Tuesday. Pritchard will be asked to do more offensively with Jaylen Brown (illness) doubtful, and he's averaging 17.1 points, 4.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds in 21 starts this season.

McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for massive numbers on Thursday! This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You absolutely need to see who it is before locking in any lineups.

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